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Extraction and purification of exopolysaccharides from exhausted Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) culture systems [PDF]

, 2017
Microalgal endo and exopolysaccharides (EPS) are attracting increasing interest for their potential applications in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
Bravi, Marco, Cicci, Agnese, Sed, Giorgia   +2 more
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Toxicological Evaluation of the Undesirable Components in Processed Infant Foods Using Artificial Intelligence

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The detection of toxins in baby food using artificial intelligence. ABSTRACT Infant foods and baby formulas are becoming increasingly popular across the globe owing to their ease of consumption and nutritional value specific to infants. Impurities may find their way into the food chain at any point from the acquisition of raw materials to final ...
Poornima Singh, Anurag Singh, Ashutosh Upadhyay, Navneet Kumar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Never say yes to parabens? A review on paraben compounds in potential human exposure risks

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
Background Parabens, esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid, are antimicrobial agents which are used as preservatives in foods, cosmetics, drug, and pharmaceutical industries.
Sayan Haldar, Saikat Mukherjee, Avijit Dey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urinary Paraben Concentrations and Ovarian Aging among Women from a Fertility Center [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Parabens are preservatives commonly used in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and foods. There is documented widespread human exposure to parabens, and some experimental data suggest that they act as estrogenic endocrine disruptors. As
Calafat, Antonia M., Dimitriadis, Irene, Ehrlich, Shelley, Hauser, Russ, Smith, Kristen W., Souter, Irene, Williams, Paige L.   +6 more
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Paraben Exposure in the General Taiwanese Population: Reference Values, Personal Care Products, and Cumulative Risk Assessment

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parabens (parahydroxybenzoates), which are frequently used as preservatives in pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, and personal care products, have recently attracted considerable attention due to their adverse health effects and endocrine‐disrupting properties.
Jung‐Wei Chang, Yen‐Hsuan Huang, Hsin‐Chang Chen, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Wan‐Ting Chang, Po‐Chin Huang   +5 more
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Re-evaluation of the first synthetic estrogen, 1-keto-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene, and bisphenol A, using both the ovariectomised rat model used in 1933 and additional assays [PDF]

, 2000
1-Keto-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene (THP-1) was reported by Cook et al in 1933 as the first synthetic estrogen. Estrogenic activity was assessed by the induction of vaginal cornification in ovariectomised rats.
Ashby, J, Beresford, NA, Lefevre, PA, Odum, J, Paton, D, Sumpter, JP   +5 more
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Hypersensitivity to Excipients in Drugs: An EAACI Position Paper

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drugs contain active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients, compounds which enhance the pharmacokinetics, stability and palatability of the pharmaceutical formulation. While most drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) are caused by active ingredients, excipients may also be involved.
Lene H. Garvey, Knut Brockow, Annick Barbaud, Charlotte G. Mortz, Gianfranco Calogiuri, Asli Gelincik, Osman O. Yeğit, Alla Nakonechna, Annette Wagner, Rik Schrijvers, Toon Ieven   +10 more
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Association between parabens exposure and neurodevelopment in children

Environment International
Objective: Parabens are a group of substances commonly employed as antimicrobial preservatives. The effect of parabens on the development of neurotoxicity in children is still controversial.
Chia-Jung Tung, Mei-Huei Chen, Ching-Chun Lin, Pau-Chung Chen   +3 more
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Determination of Parabens and Phenolic Compounds in Dairy Products through the Use of a Two-Step Continuous SPE System Including an Enhanced Matrix Removal Sorbent in Combination with UHPLC−MS/MS

Foods, 2023
Dairy products can be contaminated by parabens and phenolic compounds from a vast variety of sources, such as packaging and manufacturing processes, or livestock through feed and environmental water. A two-step continuous solid-phase extraction (SPE) and
Laura Palacios Colón, Andrés J. Rascón, Evaristo Ballesteros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patch Test Results With the European Baseline Series, 2021/2022—Joint European Results of the ESSCAA and the EBSB Working Groups of the ESCD, and the GEIDACC

Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patch test results obtained with the European Baseline Series (EBS) in its current version serve both contact allergy surveillance and (re‐)assessing the diagnostic value of EBS allergens. Objectives To present results of current EBS patch testing, obtained in 59 departments in 14 European countries during 2021 and 2022.
Wolfgang Uter, S. Mark Wilkinson, Olivier Aerts, Andrea Bauer, Leopoldo Borrego, Richard Brans, Timo Buhl, Heinrich Dickel, Aleksandra Dugonik, Francesca Larese Filon, Ana Giménez Arnau, Cataldo Patruno, Györgyi Pónyai, Stamatis Gregoriou, Steffen Schubert, Dagmar Simon, Luca Stingeni, Skaidra Valiukevičienė, Elke Weisshaar, Thomas Werfel, Margarida Gonçalo, Marie‐L. A. Schuttelaar, ESSCAA and EBSB ESCD Working Groups, and the GEIDACC, Birger Kränke, Alexander Navarini, Philip Spring, Ulrike Beiteke, Cecilia Dietrich, Sibylle Schliemann, Detlef Becker, Swen Malte John, Nicola Wagner, Dimitra Koumaki, Maddalena Napolitano, Anna Belloni Fortina, Francesca Larese Filon, Rosella Gallo, Thomas Rustemeyer, Radoslaw Spiewak, Maja Kalac Pandurovic, Tanja Kmecl, Mojca Simončič Godnič, Nada Kecelj, Philippa Cousen, Ella Dendooven, Juan Francisco Silvestre Salvador, José Manuel Carrascosa Carrillo, Mónica Munera Campos, Esther Serra Baldrich, Gemma Melé‐Ninot, Cristina Barrabés Torrella, David Pesqué, María Antonia Pastor Nieto, Francisco Navarro Triviño, Inmaculada Ruiz Gonzales, Enrique Gómez de la Fuente, Susana Córdoba Guijarro, Francisco Javier Ortiz de Frutos, Fátima Tous Romero, Tatiana Sanz Sánchez, Pablo Chicharro Manso, Marta Andreu Barasoain, Marta Elosua González, Araceli Sánchez Gilo, Paloma Sánchez‐Pedreño Guillén, Pedro Mercader‐García, Carmen Paredes Suárez, María Elena Gatica Ortega, José Juan Pereyra Rodríguez, Javier Miquel Miquel, Mercedes Rodríguez Serna, Violeta Zaragoza Ninet, Ricardo González Pérez   +73 more
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